Stars Vocab

A device that breaks light into colors and produces an image is called

• constellation

• spectrograph

• neutron star

Tags

NGSS.HS-PS4-3

NGSS.HS-PS4-5

the imaginary pattern of stars is called a

• supergiant

• protostar

• constellation

the apparent change in position of an object when you look at it from different places

• parallax

• white dwarf

• absolute brightness

the distance light travels in a year is called

• HR diagram

• light year

• supergiant

a graph or diagram of stars showing surface temperature and absolute brightness

• main sequence

• nebula

• HR Diagram

the brightness of a star as if it were a standard distance away from Earth

• light year

• absolute brightness

• nebula

The diagonal region of stars on an HR diagram that includes 90% of our stars

• supernova

• white dwarf

• main sequence

the brightness of a star seen from Earth

• apparent brightness

• constellation

• HR diagram

a contracting cloud of gas and dust, with enough mass to form a star

• absolute brightness

• nebula

• protostar

a large star is called a

• supergiant

• protostar

• white dwarf